CONTENTS PAGE JANUARY........i The year begins with rain—there are gulls on the Embank- ment and a pale sun. FEBRUARY........9 Snow falls in London—the King opens Parliament— there is a sale at Christie's. MARCH........22 Women discuss Spring clothes—the Boat Race. APRIL.........32 Spring arrives—Chelsea Hospital turns red—it is good to climb the Monument. MAY........ , 46 The Season opens with the Royal Academy—the Row is crowded—the King and Queen go to the Chelsea Flower Show—Dog Fanciers gather at Olympia—the Royal Tournament—the Opera at Covent Garden—-Bluebell Sunday at Kew—the Royal Courts—the Derby. JUNE.........97 Trooping 'the Colour—the Fourth at Eton—Cricket at Lord's—the Richmond Horse Show—Beating the Tower Liberties—Ascot-—the International Horse Show at Olympia—the Air Force Pageant at Hendon. JULY.........135 Henley—Oxford and Cambridge at Lord's—the Eton and Harrow Match—a garden party at Buckingham Palace. AUGUST........148 Strangers come to London—they climb the Dome of St. Paul's—explore the Tower—the Zoo—the Royal Mews—and watch the changing of the guard in St. James's. xi